does anyone here eat their exercise calories?

This is a common question here on MFP, and you will get a lot of different answers. I eat back all of my excersise calories, because that works for me, I still lose weight and I feel like I am eating enough food. I like to eat ). However, everyone is different and your body may react differently. So track your progress and see how things go. If you are losing while eating them back great, keep eating them back. If you are not losing then stop eating them back an see if that works. I have lost 44 lbs so far eating them back. The way MFP works is that it sets you at a calorie deficit without excersise. So you enter how much you want to lose each week, your activity level and it says if youe at (fill in the blank) amount of calories you will lose at that rate. If you do not eat back exersise calories your deficit will be larger so you may lose faster, but keep and eye on your health. If you eat them back you still lose at that rate because it was calculated before you did any exercise. I hope this makes sense, and I wish you success on your journey.

Yes.

And 1200 might not be the best base level for you anyway. If you are hungry, set it higher. Set your goal a pound a week.

Yes.

And 1200 might not be the best base level for you anyway. If you are hungry, set it higher. Set your goal a pound a week.

This.

And yes I do, and here's why: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/494091-i-just-don-t-care-anymore

I actually do the same thing. Especially if I go over for that day then I will exercise just so I can eat more. I don't know if it is the best way to go about it but I like this system than some sites which separates your caloric intake from the calories you burn.

I eat at least half.

I don't because I don't think I could stomach to eat that many. If I felt hungry however, I would for sure. On the plus side, I've lost 10 lbs since Christmas.

That is WHY I exercise...to be able to eat more!! Works for me!!

The main thing I have noticed about not eating back your work out calories is that its takes forever to rebuild after an injury or major muscle wear. So I guess if you are not to active its not a big deal but if you are active its a must.

I cannot second this enough. When I don't eat back my exercise cals- my workouts suffer and I feel sleepy, worn down and have a shorter temper.

When I eat my calories back I can workout longer and harder, have tons more energy- it's night and day.

So maybe if someone is just dieting and doesn't really workout much- it's not a big deal. I work out HARD and need that recovery!

I concur! I must also confess that I didn't understand the phrase "eating back my workout calories" when I first heard it. I've never looked at it that way; instead, I figure we're ALWAYS eating back the calories we expend through movement...and always burning, too. "Calories-in/-out" is somewhat limiting in that it's caused a lot of people to think "immediate" as opposed to "cumulative". I'm happy that my body has become an efficient machine that requires frequent fuel for its frequent movement!

I'm never hungry enough to eat them back......

But you are building muscle. weight is not the only way to measure progress.

Since I have my calories set for Sedentary, over the past week, I have focused on eating back 80-90% of my exercise calories but not the ones that come from my FitBit. Overall it's helped tremendously compared to the weeks before where I felt tired and had hit a plateau.

I work out 2 times a day and burn between 600-1200 calories a day exercising so I feel I need to eat those back or else my body wouldn't function.

I always try and reach between 1200-1300 net calories. Women need at least 1200 and men 1800.

It all depends on how I'm feeling as well. If I'm hungry, I eat. If I'm not, then I don't. Listen to your body.

Agreed.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. There is certainly nothing wrong with it.